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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012


. >>> your time is 6:08. we want to go over to tara moriarty maybe not a lot of people heading to work but a lot of people going to the malls. right? >> that is right. a hot of traffic jams at the bay area malls. the freeways are fine. but a different story where folks are cram into the stores to snatch up the last minute bargains. let's take a live look over news chopper 2. this is over livermore. there is a lot of folks out there walking around and trying to find a parking spot there. this is going to be pretty much the same scene all across the bay area because we have so many of the great deals they have been advertising for black friday. you can snatch up all the christmas presents and honica presents today. let's take a live look at the mccarthur maze traffic on the right hand side there looking good at this hour. and highway 4 through bay point a little foggy this morning but so far so good westbound traffic there on the bottom portion of your screen. let's check in with steve. >>> tara, thank you. we have mostly clear skies. just patchy fog. cold for some. not bad for others. s
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Nov 12, 2012
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Nov 12, 2012


from union city, jeanine della vega ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> tara moriarty joins us live with talking with police and the warning for other resident -- residents in the city, good morning tara. >> reporter: police have not found any suspects but they do have leads they are following up on. meanwhile members of the homeless committee are on edge after one of their own was violently killed and so far no witnesses have come forward. police say 24-year-old mckayla had recently become homeless after not taking a -- after dropping out of a drug program. investigators say she was stabbed several times with some type of blade edged instrument and she was most likely killed where she was found. >> people who are homeless should stay vigilant and be extra careful and i would make that recommendation at any time. we don't have anything that is pointing to anything but an isolated incident right now. >> now we found some pictures of her on my space. she came here at the beginning of october and left a victory outreach home on october 11 with a man she met and again police have spoken
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Nov 23, 2012
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. although some people out headed to shops. tara moriarty in for sal this morning. how is it looking? >> that is right your freeways are pretty clear. as you saw during alex's live shot a lot of people hitting the malls for those big door buster sales. let's take a look at the east shore freeway. 80 westbound looks good. and up next you can see the bay bridge toll traffic slowing pretty nicely into san francisco. and up left we have 280 in san jose. kind of the same story all around here. not too many folks out there and awake. here is steve. >> tara, thank you. a very good morning. not any fog yet. we're waiting. the temperature and the dew points are very, very close. there is fog out to the valley. few high clouds and pretty strong system to the north. by this time next week it looks like rain, rain, rain. until then and into the weekend it looks good. 30s and 40s. look at that fairfield 38- degrees. concord is in there. livermore. 46 in oakland. 40 antioch. it's pretty cold out toward antioch. you can see everything moving north. it's going to deflect everything to the north. mos
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012


of moisture. here is tara. >>> steve, we do want to mention the national weather service issued a flash flood warning. so be aware of that. as claw dean mentioned westbound 580 all lanes shut down. she'll have more on that. you can see traffic is actually doing pretty well in both directions. there is a lot of rain out there on the roadways. make sure you drive slowly this morning. up next this is a look at 101 through san francisco you can see all the rain on our camera lens there. definitely slippery conditions and puddles on the roadways. let's head back to the desk. >>> topping our news the bay area pounded with rain and high winds in areas overnight. the storm already causing problems on the roads this morning. we have live team coverage for you. county v team meteorologist ryan o'halloran is at -- >> reporter: what you can see on the right is a big rig that was involved in an accident. it will still be awhile before the roadway is back open. you're taking a look at video from the scene. this all happened just before 2:00 this morning. the big rig driver said he was going 55 miles an hou
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012


meteorologist rosemary orozco is at the richmond san rafael bridge right now. ktvu tara moriarty is in our traffic center and alex savidge is way up in the south bay. but first with the radar let's go to ktvu meteorologist steve paulson. >> all right, thank you. alex savidge is in the window of very heavy rain in fact. flood advisory has been issued for santa cruz county until 11:30 this morning. it looks like some things are picking up again. i think an inch of rain fell on the board walk. tar look at scott valley, bolder creek. that is a lot of rain. again some of that will be very intense over highway 17 and then over into san jose the rain has picked up. the wind died down a little bit. that is slam city right there. pleasanton also out toward livermore and fremont. and also now pushing out toward discovery bay. for more let's check in on highway 17. alex savidge is there. i think he's right in the middle of it there. >> reporter: it feels like we're in the middle of a band of this rain coming through here. it's been very steady ever since we aryed here at the summit. right along highw
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012


news tara moriarty is watching the traffic and it is the first for you. where is the storm system now. >> right off the coast. it is producing some light rain and it is coming in, in about two hours and the heavy rain is offshore. it is merging and it is going to pack a pretty good punch here. it looks like it is heading towards the marin coast and we will keep an eye on it and the focus will be the rushing river and for now let's to go to mark, i think this is the first time we have worked together, how are things at the san rafael bridge. >> yes, it is an honor. we have had a few light showers. >> reporter: a little bit of a breeze nothing too major, but you can see we have trees but a wind advisory we have been talking about we are talking about winds starting to pick up in the next few hours. just a few light showers out there as i have mentioned, nothing too extreme, cars are moving towards the toll plaza but the key concern later on today, over the next couple of hours winds are increasing up to 20 to 30 miles per hour. and these bridges, the dumbarton, the bay bridge and the ri
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012


is tara. >>> yes, we have a lot of spinouts, some mud slides to report up in the sonoma county area. flash flood warning in effect up there until 5:-- 5:22. there are so many parts of the roadway flooded out. too many to mention here. right now this is a live look outside. you can see that it is wet out there. it is extremely dark too. so definitely go below this speed limit. 680 at the sunol grade you can see traffic is moving along. coming up in a little bit we'll have an update on that sig alert that was issued earlier. let's head back to the desk. >>> drivers traveling between marin county and the east bay are incantserring more problems than -- encountering more problems than just a wet road. rosemary orozco is at the richmond san rafael bridge. there was a power outage this morning. how does it look right now? >> yes, good morning, to you. it is improving out here. the rain is still falling but when we met with you last time around, it was hittingous horizontally. the gusts have let up just a little bit. if you look back at the bridge you can see the lights are back on. came up about
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Nov 6, 2012
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Nov 6, 2012


to cast their votes and tara moriarty is live in belmont with more on that story, tara? >>> that's right, we are here in san mateo county and in about an hour, volunteers will making phone calls back east you can see the big array of democratic people they want to vote for as they are driving by. they want people to get out and vote for president barack obama. last night they were targeting republicans and undecided voters in battleground states. hope and change now moves to finish and finish what the president started. >> we have to know what the facts are and to be able to share that with election people. >> it volunteers them simply to get out and vote. >> it reinforces that somebody is out there trying to get something done and agree with the same things they agree with. >> reporter: now the feeling, mitt romney could pull out a win here and we will tell you what both parties will not take for granted. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> and some polls on the east coast are pulling aunt we are looking at vice-president joseph biden, as they cast their ballots and later th
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Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012


with a neighborhood buried in mud. tara moriarty was the first reporter on the scene, she is out in the neighborhood again to see what it looks like today, tara? yesterday at this time these treats were coughed in mud and right now they are clean but still a lot of work ahead, this is covered in mud and this is once -- this was once a grassy field. they came in late last night to dig cars out of the mud. a 70-year-old cast iron tank took place above hillside park. it under herebied and luckily nobody was hurt and nobody home was damaged and now we will have rain. >> i guess we have rain coming soon and we never know if it could happen again because there is that one spot that came down already. >> reporter: now the debtor with water resources said the water-main broke because it is most likely so old and -- old. and i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a man is shot in the back in downtown san rafael. new video into a shooting in san rafael that sent one man into the hospital between tip miss avenue apple are looking for four men who left the car. >>> new charges have been filed agai
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Nov 29, 2012
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Nov 29, 2012


is tara. >>> be aware of that as you are traveling the span may be take it a little more slowly and san mateo bridge, traffic is flowing well in both directions and here is a look at san francisco, 101, no problems to report, 4:29 let's head back to the desk. >>> an early morning flood led to -- early morning fire throat a discovery. >> reporter: let me show you what is behind me you can see the fire trucks in front of the house and they are wrapping up making sure everything is out and done before they leave the scene and they should be here for another half hour or so. they got called to the house this morning and i want to show you video because it is when they went inside when they made that discovery. he lives there with his mother, firefighters tell me and they called in firefighters. moderate smoke is coming from inside that garage and appeared to be coming from a lot of area when they went inside. they found a 6 by 8 small area and it is a legal grow that they had -- the legal rules and regulations followed by -- followed to have this small marijuana grow inside the hous
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Nov 13, 2012
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Nov 13, 2012


. the cleanup is underway after that flood and mess made a midwest of the daly city neighborhood. tara moriarty was the first on the scene to bring us the dramatic pictures and is live to show us how the hillside has changed. tara? >> reporter: well, the hillside that got swept into the neighborhood, for right now, what the public crews works are trying to do is dig this street out of this landslide. tens of thousands of gallons of water mixed with mud gushed down the hillside. >> the entire lawn was covered. there was like a stream going down the street. >> reporter: he lived near the water creek where a pipe burst. >> i called 911. >> reporter: 40 people had toking evacuated -- to had to be evacuated. neighbors were in bewilderment. this woman's daughter said her car couldn't drive to work this morning. >> nobody can get out of the street. >> reporter: public crews and neighbors spent most of the morning trying to dig out of this. while the city repairs the broken pipe neighbors have much more concerns. does it make you worried it is unstable? >> i think so. >> reporter: now, luckily, no one
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Nov 19, 2012
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Nov 19, 2012


the story since "mornings on 2" and tara moriarty joins us live with the two options that are under debate. good afternoon, tara. >> reporter: good afternoon. money for free muni passes for 40,000 low income children or money for services to improve them. well, from what it sounded like this morning, muni was willing to consider both. >> you can't work -- >> reporter: it's a debate that's pitting youth activists against transit activists. >> the difference between mta and the san francisco giants is muni management always strikes out. >> reporter: they a -- they documented it out at a meeting -- duked it out at a meeting about how to spend this extra money. >> translator: my family and i have two children, i hope you can support this. >> reporter: many immigrant families said the jump was one they couldn't afford. >> i know some people can't afford the ticket they get. i feel bad. >> reporter: the supervisor is pushing for using the funds for maintenance pointing out the agency's poor perform answer rates, citing the agency's need for $420 million in deferred maintenance costs. >> the mun
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012


of the fog this morning, so 4:29. >>> as tara mentioned, there is no access on or off treasure island because of the police standoff, here is more on what we learned about the armed suspect. christian? >> reporter: we tried to get access to the island ourselves and we are not able to, this is about as close as we can get. that area is what we are talking about, the access road which actually leads from the bridge towards that area where the island meets treasure island near where the old guard station leads on to treasure island. now we have video showing the suspect sitting on a railing and police all around him. police confirmed this started as a police pursuit which started at the intersection of mason and bush. during that pursuit the suspect pulled a gun and began firing and fired one shot at pursuing officers. officers chased him where he got out of the car and began holding the gun to his own head. the suspect is believed to be 29-year-old duncan phillips and he is wanted for stealing a car in venetia. phillips is considered armed and dangerous and meanwhile residents of the island hav
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012


out there and it is really bad. >> hey, tara. >>> across the bridge, there is a really good chance you will run into some fog. and we are all under heavy fog advisory. >>> and in the pittsburgh area, you can see those headlights those have it westbound towards concord no delays. >>> and you can see what we are talking about here, just how heavy, heavy this is. give yourself some extra time this evening. go under if you can. >>> up next you can see traffic is slowing in both directions. 4:46 let's head over to steve. >>> dense fog advisory takes us until 9:00 and there are spots where it is clear and all of a sudden you will hit that wall of fog but it is about anywhere. it looks like it is increasing, no clouds yet and we are waiting for that system to come in. 30s , 40s and also 50s on the temperatures. i think it will hold things in check. most of tomorrow will have increasing clouds and out there they are setting the table for what looks to be a very big pattern and very hazy skies, once the fog burns out, for some it may take awhile. for some there are some towards the north bay a
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012


bridge. tara moriarty is watching the morning commute, where is that storm, we can feel it, right? >> now some of the heavier rain, we have to go back here but some of the heavier bands are beginning to inch into the north bay and you can see northern county as well as rushing river, we will keep an eye on that because it will be one of the focuses of the heavier rain nothing too bad yet but up into mendocino county, there will be heavy duty rainfall totals and so far there are only 3 / 100s for the south bay. coming up, mark is live at the richmond san rafael bridge, it looks like things are picking up. >> reporter: within the last 10 to 15 minutes, we have a big boost, nothing too extreme but we came out about an hour ago. winds at 15 to 20 miles per hour. as you can see, the rain has been a approaching and with that, the wind has been approaching as well. of course the key concern this morning that is a problem when you add wind and that's a problem. we took the news van to see what drivers were expensing and the strongest winds as you would expect are in the mid- span of the bridges.
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Nov 29, 2012
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Nov 29, 2012


in with tara. >>> it is sandwiched on east 14th street and there is a big truck that slammed into three parked cars and now it is leaking tee sill fuel. right now we are looking at our maps if we can show you, this is that 84 eastbound near the high-rise to be aware of that. those taillights, those folks are headed towards the caldecott and finally looking fine. you can barely see but traffic is doing well. 5:09 here is steve. >>> tara good morning, mostly cloudy skies to the north, our system has a ways to go but the winds are in advance of that. this is yesterday. almost two inches of rain, forestville west santa rosa i had to squeeze that in there. kevin levy picked up an inch and a quarter. there is still some light rain coming in, in lake county and you really don't get much of a break. after that it is kind of quiet but as pam said there was a drizzle and you can see novato, overall, today is that in between day and we have mostly cloudy skies. the front is up here and it will take awhile to get here. once it does, it will slow down a little bit. we will be okay through the morning and u
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Nov 23, 2012
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Nov 23, 2012


. >>> all right. time now 5:07. let's check in with tara. i know it's early but there is a traffic problem in the south bay. >> we have a downed traffic pole. 680 northbound and it is blocking the off ramp there. but chp is on scene. hopefully they will be clear soon. let's head over to the pittsburgh area. no slow downs. those headlights are westbound traffic as you make your way toward concord. on the bay bridge toll plaza clear going. and finally 280 in san jose same story. we really do anticipate staying this way throughout the morning. steve. let's check in with you. >>> tara, thank you much. we do have mostly clear skies. it could be a little bit of patchy fog. let's take a look at the totals. pretty good. santa rosa 5.61. almost 100%. they will be adding to that by the end of next week. the city 121%. this is a combination of mint hill which is the official reporting station and our observer mike he always tends to run a little heavier than the official reading. so i'm kind of fudging the numbers. it's close. four and a third. san jose only 61%. so take the san jose one with a grain
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Nov 27, 2012
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Nov 27, 2012


. let's check in with tara. >> well, probably another half an hour until things are back to normal on the island. as christian mentioned the coroner arrived. also we want to mention b.a.r.t. delays. passengers are experiencing a ten-minute delay at the richmond situation due to a medical emergency. you can see that the bay bridge toll plaza is very extensive. you will probably be waiting about 10, 15 minutes to get into information this morning. up next, we have a look at highway 24 through la fayette. you can see it is a little bit hey zu out there. not nearly as bad as the fog -- hazy out there. not nearly as bad as the fog earlier. here's steve. >>> thank you, tara. cloudy skies or mostly cloudy skies. the clouds have lifted. there could be some pockets -- the -- there could be some pockets of it but nothing like yesterday. but kind of a gray day. tomorrow morning we'll have rain. nothing you haven't seen or handled before. it will be a fast-moving system. it will set the stage for what comes in thursday into sunday. the wind will cavel off. could get some gusts 30, 50 miles an
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Nov 18, 2012
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Nov 18, 2012


nine days after the story broke. >> joining us now, tara mckelvey. and here in washington, rajiv chandrasekaran, senior correspondent and editor for "the washington post." rajiv, you've covered the war in afghanistan extensively. did you get invited on trips with david petraeus, how well did you know him and how well -- >> i covered him off and on first back in iraq when he was a division commander up in northern iraq and more recently when he was top commander of all u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan and in that later job i did travel around the country with him. he would give remarkable access to journalists. oftentimes it was under very strict ground rules that things were off the record but he did open himself up to press coverage because he thought it was important for the mission to get recognized out there, but also i believe because he also liked to see himself at the center of the coverage. >> so that remarkable access paid dividends for petraeus's image. would you say, would you argue with the notion that many of the jurmts who dealt with him, who know him, have tende
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012


christmas time. >>> all right. want to check in with tara filling in for sal. tara, it was crystal clear for most of my drive in from danville through walnut creek. but i know there's a lot of other heavy fog. >> that's right. and those advisories are in effect for the bridges. some other parts will be lifted at 9:00 this morning. the dumbarton bridge is the only bridge not under advisory but it is still foggy on the west side of the span. so be careful. this is 101 in san jose. tail lights are headed to the airport. if we head up to emeryville at the macarthur maze, you can see the fog we've been talking about. we can't see anything and the bay bridge toll plaza is much the same way. that's where lorraine blanco has been out all moneying warning about the fog advisory. and la fayette, westbound traffic on the left-hand side as you make your way to the caldecott tunnel and the hills, it looks like fall but not too many delays. not too bad. >>> here's steve. >> thank you, tara. clear for a few. other areas, boy, i tell you it is foggy. twitter nation alive and well with a lot of fog repor
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Nov 28, 2012
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Nov 28, 2012


. >>> now we want to check in with tara and let's find out how the high winds are impacting traffic. >> we've been talking about it all morning long. we're seeing high vend vigs in effect for the bay bridge as -- wind advisories in effect for the bay bridge and you can barely see the 101 through the lens. we have up to four-hour delays on the flights at sfo. you have the wind and traffic. >> metering lights have been on for an hour. you are looking at a 15-minute wait. southbound traffic on the right- hand side there has been kind of stop and go lately. definitely give yourself some extra time there. right now, it looks luke it's okay. 7:0. here's steve -- 7:08. here's steve. >> >>> thank you tear ray. yesterday, the -- thank you, tara. yesterday, they said the system is gonna be here at 7:00. they are spot on. it's clear. heavier amounts will be along parts of the coast, coastal hills. but between now and sunday, there will be three. the one torm night i'm concerned about is the north bay and that could be -- i would say north of santa rosa. total rainfall between now and sunday, about 6
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Nov 14, 2012
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Nov 14, 2012


they have worries for rain in the forecast, tara? >> reporter: that's right. this was once a grassy field and now it looks like a martian landscape and it looks odd and we have mud up to nine feet in certain spots. we will give you an idea just how deep it is. if you look at this pole it is practically buried and if you pan over you can see how tall these individual poles are and that's because of a water-main which burst from where we are standing. they got a 20-foot wide 2-foot very vicinity. it -- crevice. they got cars and shovels to pull the mud out and they will file with the city or their car insurance companies for insurance. >> why couldn't you go to work? >> i couldn't turn on the car and i couldn't walk out on the mud as well because it was three feet deep. >> reporter: now the big concern is the weather. with rain expected in the forecast, some worry about the stability of this hillside which hits the avenue. but with waste water resources, they tell us there is no danger and still the city plans on taking precaution clearing storm drains and we will tell you what is to major.
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012


this if you break through that fog, low- to-mid 60s. here is tara. >>> all right, steve this is a look at 680 and you can see traffic is moving along fairly at this hour and up next we have a heavy fog advisory for the bay bridge and you can see folks headed into the city and definitely give yourself some extra time. lorraine blanco is out there. how are people looking are they taking it slowly? >> yes, they are not taking it that slowly and the fog has not let up since we have been out here. just behind me is the toll plaza and you can't see it at all. now traffic is moving, moving rather slowly here and visibility is very low. here is a look at some iphone video as we head down in el cerrito tow. even -- el cerrito. in oakland you could not read the signs and driving around the east bay is a challenge this morning. we also shot video near berkeley and that could be tricky and today drivers are breaking more in heavy fog. advisories to tell you about, there is an advisory on the bay bridge as well as the san mateo and the venetia bridge and you will want to give yourself some extra time, slo
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Nov 2, 2012
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Nov 2, 2012


the one supervisor who supported the sheriff and is also up for re-election, tara moriarty has just seen the ad. that features a woman who played a key role into the investigation of the sheriff. you are at the campaign headquarters for that sprf orwith an exclusive report, tara. >> reporter: that's right. this ad is aimed at unseating supervisor christina olongy, the star ivory madison, the sheriff's next door neighbor. >> my name is i'veary madison. >> reporter: she was the 1 his wife was involved in. >> i didn't want to get involved but now i have to. >> she is speaking out in some ad against her own district 5 supervisor christina elongy, up for eelection. >> n woman has been through the ringer and the courage for her to call and say that i must break my silence -- >> san francisco women for accountability produced the spot because it says she was out of line in voting to allow a convicted domestic violence offender to led the sheriff's department. >> i don't think she was politically motivated, she was the neighbor trying to do the right thing, any of us what would you do, this is t
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Nov 6, 2012
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about three hours ago. and the cbs 5 reporter tara tells us, the first results of the election are in. >> reporter: that's right. where the first votes have come in, it is a tie. a little disconverting to the folks who were afraid this race would turn out to be a tie. meantime, the candidates are working it right down to the very last minute. they're in the most competitive states today, knowing that every vote counts. and it really does. voters in new hampshire cast their ballots at midnight. and if their votes are any indication, tuesday could be a very long day. >> this has never happened before. we have a tie. five votes each. >> reporter: president obama and mitt romney buzzed through battleground states monday on a final push for votes on the eve of election day. his stops included opening acts from bruce springsteen and jay- z. he told supporters romney's campaign is a greatest hits collection of failed policies. >> the top-down policies that caused the mess we've been fighting our way out of for four years, we're moving forward to a future... >> reporter: the president wrappe
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% reporting there. that being said tara moriarty is live in san francisco where voters overwhelmingly supported the measure. tara. >> reporter: good morning. students, teachers, and principal here at mission high school will probably be walking through these doors with an extra pep in their step. this is one of the city's the city's oldest comprehensive high school and it has struggled with test scores in the past but prop 30 may help change that. governor jerry brown's proposition 30 billed as a tax hike to rescue state schools has passed. 54% yes, to 46% no. it will raise the tax cut by a quarter of a cent per year and increase tax for those that make over $150,000 a year. >> here we are. we have a vote of the people. i think the only place in america where a state actually said let's raise our taxes for our kids, for our schools, for our california dreams. >> reporter: now the biggest support was in liberal san francisco, santa cruz, and alameda county. while the largest was in the northeast tip of the state. it's expected to raise an average of $6 billion a year for the state's ge
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neighborhood into a mountain of mud. ktvu tara moriarty is out there again this morning. how does it look tara? >> reporter: well, the goal here is to make sure the rain doesn't make the situation worse. you know the city originally said that broke in that ruptured water main unleashed 45,000 gallons of water. now it's looking more like 97,000. certainly a believable amount. now crews have set up bails of hay and laid netting on top of a thick layer. the disaster left dozens of cars trapped in the mud and buried in the street. right now the concern is the storm drains that they don't get backed up. >> the idea is do what we can to relay the concerns of the residents not to have anymore mud flow impacts. address the concerns they have with these rains coming. >> reporter: today the street is clear but hillside park is still buried in four feet of mud. the goal is to keep more mud from slipping and rebuilding the hill which is obviously a much more long-term project. live from daly city i'm tara moriarty. >>> happening right now former cia director david petraeus is scheduled to testify before h
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. we're going to go back to tara. now you're talking about a sig alert. >> this is true. if we look at the maps we can show you exactly where this is going on. we have about three lanes that are actually shut down right now. and this is due to an accident, looks like a vehicle has overturned, so three lanes blocked. they have one lane open. a palo pal low toe fire is -- palo alto fire is on the scene and there is an ambulance on the scene. this is right at embarcadero road, san antonio avenue. just be aware there's only one lane open. we're going to look at the bay bridge toll plaza where you can see traffic moving nicely into san francisco. at highway 24 through lafayette, as you make your way through the tunnel looking good. >> tara, thank you and a very good morning. >>> sunrise over the city, a few high clouds and a little bit of patchy fog. it tends to pop up around 6 and 8 and burn off around 9. it can be great visibility and lousy visibility. cold readings inland, it's going to be another nice day. a few high clouds, mostly sunny, mild to warm, running a little bit above aver
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of the american dream, owning your home. lately it can be a battle for homeowners. tara moriarty shows us that help is on the way to explain how. good afternoon, tara. >> good afternoon, tori. buying a home in this economy can be really difficult. many folks like the mortgage rates but they are short on the downpayment. so that's where wells fargo bank is stepping in. this morning in oakland, the officials announced $5 million for downpayment assistance for homeowners in oakland, fremont, hayward, concord, antioch, pittsburg, richmond, brentwood and bay point may be able to afford the home of their dreams. >> i think there's still inventory out there. you would would-be buyers. >> wells fargo partnered with neighbor works america. >> it's a great holiday season experience where 250 families will get a $0,000 downpayment towards stabilizing many of the neighborhoods in oakland and in the surrounding cities. >>> how do you apply, well, december 7th and 8th at the oakland convention center. you can fill out an application if you live in the home for five years, you don't have to pay back a p
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's tara moriarty is out there on 880 where the road opened just a little while ago. >> reporter: we're at 880 and traffic is back to normal but between the hours of 2 and 4:00 this morning there were major back ups. officials say the rain slicked road play add big factor in the crash. the chp says it appears the person driving the white saturn slammed into the median at 2:00 this morning. and the driver of the suv came along and hit the saturn. the driver of the saturn was outside his car. he sudden a massive head injury and was transported to the hospital. he is in critical condition. there are several traffic breaks for two hours but everything is back to normal. as you can see the truck scared me just a little bit. we're close to the freeway. it is important to slow down as you drive toward the roadways this morning because there was a lot of overnight rain and it is continuing in parts. you want to make sure you go maybe just under the speed limit however safe you feel. live from fremont i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police in antioch investigating a deadly overnigh
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. >>> a hazardous situation is giving a problem, tara joins us to tell us what is going on live. >> reporter: if you take a look behind me, you can see these windows are still open. they are letting some of these people back in so they can grab their belongings so they don't miss their flight a fire chief said it's all due to a carbon none oxide league. you can see police are here on scene and all of the windows to the nbc sweets are here to ventilate the building and it all started when somebody needed to be transported to the hospital. we don't know what their illness was but fire crews came out and six hours later they were called out again and this time they discovered the problem and evacuated about 1,000 people, that is nearly 1,000 people outside in the combed. >> they did some sam beg and found out there was a high level of carbon monoxide. so they sent the san mateo health department to determine what was going on here. >> they linked this to a faulty boiler, some have been camping out in their cars. it is extremely chilly and windy. that victim we told you about, they are being treated at
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a driver was arrested after crashing into a power powell, tara? >> reporter: the chp says he has crashed into a power pole and the wires go right through the tree there. down at the bottom you can see it snapped off at the base and this will take a long time to fix. also wires are snagged along the street here cutting often electricity to sam of this. the suspect drove off and after four miles officials pulled him over. they called in chp and the man who appears to be in his 30s and 40s was arrested on suspicion of dui. we just spoke to a pg&e spokesperson and they say it's going to be an all day job. people are not going to have their power for some time. they are trying to fix the problem and it looks like they will have to replace the pole. chp officers are here with the flares trying to make sure it rained. if you live in a san leandro area, the rain has created slick conditions on the roadway so make sure you are aware of that. live in san lorenzo. tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> a fatal shooting inside of a cell phone store. here is new details on exactly what happ
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looks good driving up to downtown oakland let's go back to the desk. >>> tara moriarty is there in vallejo with the damage caused by the fire and why it may be part of a much larger investigation pam. police and fire are working together and they believe it is connected to a rash of fires that have been springing up through the city. it happened less than three hours ago. smoke and flames were shooting out of the bar where investigators believe somebody started it 3:00 a.m. this morning. the blaze caused $50,000 in damage. head to cut a hole in the roof and the flames melted the pool tables and beer signs inside. agencies from outside came in to help and they believe this latest work is the help of an arizona any of the. we tonight have any real reason. i can't speculate i tonight know why or what. >> reporter: now another fire broke out in an empty house off of alabama street and that fire was ignited outside of a door and caused $75,000 in damage. firefighters have seen a pattern in these fires and they are all lit outside of the building in the early morning hours.
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and china. she urged leaders to reconcile in the east china sea. tara zonenshine spoke to nhk in tokyo. she explained how u.s. leaders see the territorial dispute. >> we don't take take a position on the sovereignty question. but we do want to see peaceful reconciliation of these issues. >> sonenshine says japanese and chinese students have told her they want better relations between their countries. she said leaders can resolve all the big issues if they remember the wishes of young people. she also said america's relationship with japan is a corner stone of security in the asia-pacific region. she will plant dogwood trees in tokyo as a show of relationship. health officials in uganda with dealing with an outbreak of e bow la. doctors are helping them try to help stop the virus from spend pg. >> ebola has broken out in the country. >> ugandan officials say the disease killed three people in late october and november. they say the victims lived in a town near the capital. ebola symptoms include a high fever and bleeding all over the body. there's no known cure. 50 to 90% of people who contr
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, -- november november 26th. >> and here is tara. >>> thanks, steve, here is a look at 280 and actually we have no fog so that is good news. bay point, that area is also looking fog free at this hour and those headlights are westbound as folks make their way towards concord and the  dense fog advisory is making for a tough commute on the bay bridge. lorraine blanco is live at the toll plaza with what drivers are dealing with that, hello. >> reporter: hello, tara, you can see it is extremely foggy behind me and you can barely see the light poles behind me and beyond that, tolls are not visible. be prepared for a lost breaking and also on the side streets, you couldn't see signs this morning and driving through a good part of the east bay is a challenge this morning. we shot video near emoryville and mcarthur maze. and an advisory is in effect here as well as the golden gate bridge, -- golden gate bridge, richmond san rafael and dinesh why bridges and remember to give yourself -- and venetia bridges and remember to give yourself extra time. lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> san f
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don't have to worry about your morning commute because it is going to be windy, here is tara. >>> this is a look at highway 24, you can see we are getting some congestion as the folks are going towards the caldecott tunnel this morning. we have a high wind advisory up in the bay bridge, traffic 101 is headed very nicely, let's go back to the desk. >>> we are following developing news out of palo alto where police are searching for a man who reportedly entered a young woman's apartment early this morning. jeanine della vega is talking about a very frightening experience, jeanine? >> reporter: police have this area blocked off, that is downtown palo alto and they are inside investigating as to how a male intruder got into one of the apartments here. police got the call and she said she woke up and found a manwareing - man wearing dark clothing and she started screaming. police brought in a canine to search the area but they did not find the man. police are looking into the possibility that she may have been sexually assaulted. >> we are trying to get as much information from he
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're tracking daly city flooding. tara moriarty is live on the scene. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. you know, the damage here is pretty incredible. if you take a look behind me here, you can see where the mud and the water ended but it began all the way up the hill where those trees are and this entire neighborhood is just basically -- has mud all over the streets. about two dozen people had to be evacuated off bonnie street. the mud swept down the street. deputy was the first news -- ktvu was the first news crew to arrive on the scene. we saw the water mixed with the mud gushing down the hillside. the brake happening off luzane avenue and bonnie street. crews have it under control. the water has stopped racing down the hill. we spoke to the neighbor who called 911 initial. he said it was scary -- initially. he stayed was scary initially. >> the entire lawn was covered. there was a stream going down the street. i went downstairs and i got on my cell phone and called 911. >> reporter: the mud is up past the car tires at some -- some of the vehicles. several streets are block
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some instances, but first we go to tara moriarty at the airport to find out if the strike is affecting holiday travel there. good morning, tara. >> reporter: good morning. maximize the message. that's essentially what these workers are doing here at the terminals. they are scattered at every entrance visible to the hundreds of passengers headed inside to catch their flights. members of the service employees international union starting picketing last night at 9:30. they are not blocking passengers from getting in line or on their flights. they say they want people to enjoy their thanksgiving but at the same time understand what they are fighting for we don't want to disturb the public going and -- for. >> we don't want to disturb the public going. >> reporter: meanwhile, we've seen people -- they don't seem to mind that the folks have hit the picket line during the thanksgiving crunch. >> it's great timing on their part, right? >> yes, because it's an important time. people will be traveling and that can definitely add some -- to inconvenience a lot of people's schedules. pretty smart
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proposition 30. his education tax initiative 54% to 46% with 95% of the precincts reporting. ktvu tara moriarty is in san francisco this morning where voters were overwhelmingly backing that measure. >> that is right here in san francisco most voters voted yes in favor of prop 30. and the general feeling here in the city is that public schools need help. case in point mission heights school. this is the oldest high school in san francisco and test scores well they have been struggling with that over the years. prop 30 passage may be the shot in the arm this school needed. other areas of california that saw support for 30 alameda and santa cruz counties. los angeles also backed it but moe dark and more rural central areas of the state saw the least amount of support. prop 30 will raise the states sales tax by a quarter of a credit for four years and increase income taxes for people who make $250,000 a year by up to three percentage points. it is projected to raise $6 billion a year for schools. >> a core reason that brought people together in support of proposition 30 was the belief in
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. tara moriarty live on the scene now to she show us some of the damage and also what we know about what led up to the crash. tara. >> reporter: well, the teenager was picking up his dad across the street. you can see the gate there is. one is actually lying on the parking lot. he was trying to leave that parking lot and the gate started to open. then instead of stopping he slammed on the gas pedal and he ended up going several feet plowing into this store you see right here. this is a fab lick store -- fabric store. witnesses say around midnight it all happened. authorities believe that the boy again mistook the gas pedal for the break and sped forward and that's what caused him to smash into the shop. we're here near the corn ore of 12th avenue and 12th street. the truck hit a water line. crew to do turn off the water supply. they were also forced to cut off the power because there were electrical boxes above the scene of the crash. firefighters rolled the truck out of the store and it was later towed. no word yet on what caused the accident but officials say it does not appear that al
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of san francisco. right now crew roberts scene of a fire in the bay view district. tara moriarty joins us live from the scene with the latest tara. >> reporter: we are here at the corner of hamas and ingalls. you got this around 5:00 if >> yeah around 4:30, 5:00 this morning. first units on the scene encountered a little fire coming from this carport. it was held to a first alarm. what you see there appears to be some type of workshop. a couple cars were involved. we were able to make a quick knock down of the fire. right now the cause is not determined at this time. arson will respond and we will get a declaration of the origin. >> reporter: at this point you can't tell if it was suspicious. >> i wouldn't say suspicious. i would say a pork spot. >> reporter: a lot of time there is are different things that can come bust. >> yes. but we will leave this undetermined until arson comes out. >> reporter: all right and what time will they be coming out here and will this be an investigation will it start pretty much in the morning when they can get a better view of everything? >> arson will be
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and personnel has taken off from travis airforce base in solano county. tara moriarty joins us live to let us know some of the crucial items on board. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. our cargo plane took off from travis airforce base about 45 minutes ago. headed down to march airforce base to pick up supplies before it heads to the east coast. let's take a look at some of the crew members who were boarding that plane earlier around 11:15. this is ac-5. filled with supplies for victims of sandy. although this was short notice for them they say they were on stand by ready to answer the call of duty. now these are pictures from march airforce base, where sick 32 tons of equipment and supplies, including utility trucks are being loaded on to those planes. in less than two hours they will move out. >> and they are moving utility equipment and personnel to upstate new york that will allow us to turn the light switch on for the east coast. we also have a bunch of medical folks on stand by ready to launch so if there is air medical evacuation or if there is folks that need medical assist
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. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: at $82 million, it was the most expensive congressional race and a must win for democrats trying to keep control of the senate. cbs news projects tim kaine wins the virginia senate race. >> our victory tonight proves that it's the number of people who stand with you, not the number of zeros behind the check. >> reporter: cbs news projects former obama administration official elizabeth warren defeated scott brown. more than $72 million were spent on the race for the massachusetts senate seat. the democrats picked up a seat with the win. >> this victory belongs to you. >> reporter: cbs news projects democrats will retain a majority in the senate and the house will stay in republican control. so capitol hill could be on track for more gridlock. in wisconsin, democrat tammy baldwin became the first openly gay person to win a u.s. senate seat by defeating tommy thompson. republicans were supposed to gain a senate seat in missouri. cbs news projects claire mccaskill will keep her seat. >> you'll have a voice in the united states senate that makes you
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raining overnight and there could be some standing water there. let's go to tara moriarty in fremont with one one of the biggest wrecks this morning. >> reporter: the chp had two cars towed a half hour ago. the road is nearly dry but at 2:00 in the morning, it is wet and that is what the chp says played a major role in this crash. it appears the person driving the white saturn had a solo spin out and slammed into the median and the driver of a silver suv came along and hit the saturn. the driver of the saturn was outside his car. he suffered a massive head injury and was transported to the hospital. the chp issued a sig alert. everything is back open now but there is another reminder why you need to slow down in the rain. sometimes it's not safe to even drive the speed limit. i'm tara moriarty ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the skies opened up in the middle of the night, a ktvu news camera took these pictures of marble sized hail falling on oakland overnight and it made driving conditions extremely treacherous. bad weather is also being blamed for a wreck on highway 13 in oakland. it happe
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, aim tori campbell. >>> a third suspicious fire broke out this morning in vallejo, tara moriarty was covering the story all morning and joins us live to explain what they all have in common. good afternoon. >> reporter: good afternoon. police are calling this guy a serial arsonist and he shows no signs of slowing down. we are here in front of where police believe he last struck, a house across the street from the vallejo police department. >>> it was firefighters third call in about a 12 hour stretch. >> scary, because i slept through the whole thing. >> reporter: lori lives nearby the latest fire that broke out in a vacant office building around 7:30 this morning there. >> you don't see anybody on the streets after 8:00. more like we are under marshal law right now. >> fire investigators have been working with police to catch the person they believe is stop for setting 30 fires over a six to eight month timeframe within a half-mile radius. >> these fires have been kind of similar patterns in terms of vacant buildings, usually set from the exterior but again we have a task force
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to the airport which is also part of the port's operation. tara moriarty tells us if the strike is affecting holiday travel there. >> reporter: they braved the cold, windy terminals at 3:00 in the morning. nine hours later, they were still chanting and waving picket signs. >> that's the reason why we did it over the thanksgiving holiday so we can relate the message to all of these people out here so they can know what we're waiting for here at the oakland airport. >> reporter: passengers scurried past picketers. flight times were not impacted. >> it's great timing on their part. >> yes, because it is an important time. people are gonna be traveling. that can definitely add some -- it will inconvenience some people's schedule but it is putting pressure on -- mutting the -- putting the pressure on. >> reporter: these people are beverage servers. they come to stand in solidarity the with the others on strike. >> very frustrating. they do the same amount of work that we do. >> they are all working in very poor conditions. a lot of labor laws have been working -- broken. we feel this is very impo
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joins us live from the city to ex-- ktvu's tara moriarty joins us live to tell us who is sharpening their knives. >> reporter: well, in an hour, they will be carving turkeys and they will be dishing out to the salvation army. they sliced, and sorted. >> we put the white meat here and the dark meat there. >> reporter: 150 turkeys. >> we're so blessed to be able to help people all year long but here is chance to demonstrate where we're putting the meat on the table. >> reporter: the police chief and his command staff were there to help. >> this is a fun way to do it. a little competition with knives. >> reporter: and then the fire chief and her crew pitched in. >> i'm ready. >> reporter: for more than 50 years, the salvation army has been serving turkeys with all of the trimmings for those who need it. >> these meals will be delivered to people in the city who are too old or too ill to get out of doors. >> i want to thank the salvation army for helping us feed the city, so happy thanksgiving everybody and lets get to these nude turkeys. [laughter] >> reporter: and these hard economic
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in the weather center and tara is covering the roads from the traffic center. >> this system came and it packed a bunch and it's still doing that especially toward the santa cruz mountains and toward parts of the east bay. there was a bit of a break but never everything starting to fill back in. urban and small stream flood advisory continues until 11:30. i think on the san mateo bridge it could be nasty. heavy rain, looks like it's letting up toward santa cruz. fremont has been hit hard also -- i mean pleasanton, livermore to the pass, very intense. not a let up there yet. also pockets in the east bayh round mount diablo. walnut creek. things are filling in with a general rain. steady rain from berkeley, oakland, then into marin but picking up, 101 corridor and then over toward parts of son nah, napa, look what's off shore. there is just a ton of moisture that has to work toward us. we will talk about that . >> thank you. we have that flash flood warning in effect for sonoma county until nine. be aware of that and a lot of parts of the north bay and east bay and santa cruz area getting a lot
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1 on spending, the u.s. could fall into a recession. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: today, president obama will urge lawmakers to work with him to steer the country away from the fiscal cliff. the cliff is a series of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that will kick in at the end of the year, unless republicans and democrats can reach a deal. both sides say they are willing to work together. >> we're not going over the cliff. we're determined not to go over the cliff. i think better heads will prevail. >> reporter: a fight over taxes is already looming. democratics want families making more than $250,000 a year to pay more. republicans reject that idea. they want cuts to entitlement programs and are pushing tax reform that closes loopholes and eliminates some deductions. >> this is an opportunity for the president to lead. this is his moment. to engage the congress and work towards a solution ha can pass both chambers. >> reporter: since the election, both the president and republicans have been emphasizing compromise. economists say if they don't find one, the fiscal
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cliff. tara mergener has more. >>reporter: president barack obama sat down with congressional leaders as democrats as republicans look for a way to avoid the fiscal cliff. if the two sides don't reach a budget deal before the end of the year, automatic spending cuts and tax hikes will kick in and possibly throw the economy back into a recession. >> so our challenge is to make sure that we are able to cooperate together, work together, find some common ground. >>reporter: the president is promising $4.4 trillion in budget cuts over the next 10 years. he also wants $1.6 trillion in new revenue, including higher taxes on families making more than $250,000 a year. >> a modest tax increase on the wealthy is not going to break their backs. >>reporter: but republicans say they will not agree to a deal that includes tax hikes. >> an opening bid of $1.6 trillion in new taxes just isn't serious. >>reporter: but one possible solution might include a plan that mitt romney proposed during the presidential campaign. the republican nominee wanted to cap the amount of tax deductions americans can

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